Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world —millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

Explanation:

The passage focuses on the connection between sugar production and the movement of people (including slaves) across the world. The comparison of sugar to honey is used to highlight how sugar's production and trade involved a system (with slavery) that was different from the local honey - production. The text is more about informing the reader about the historical and social aspects (like the connection to slavery) rather than just about taste (as in the first option) or just about honey's impact (third option). The fourth option about sugar being as important as steel is not the main focus here. The main purpose is to inform about the connection between sugar and the system of slavery (by showing how sugar's production was different from honey's local production and involved a global, often - brutal system).

Answer:

It informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar.